Want a fun and tasty dinner? This easy spaghetti and meatball pie recipe comes together in just minutes and is sure to become a family favorite!
It really doesn’t get much easier than this 5 ingredient Spaghetti Pie! Well, okay, maybe, as my oh-so-loving husband was quick to point out, plain spaghetti is a tad bit easier. But, considering this pie is about 100 times yummier than plain old spaghetti, I think it worth the tiniest extra amount of effort. In fact, my husband wouldn’t stop making fun of me was just a little skeptical until he took a bite and couldn’t help but admit I was right. Sweet victory! Then he said I should call it “Spaghetti Lasagna” since that’s what he thinks it tastes like. I said that was a dumb name. He said to say anything else would be false advertising. I said it was my blog so I win. The end.
By the way, this dish is super easy to double for a crowd!
Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Heat large saucepan over medium heat; add butter or olive oil & sauté frozen meatballs until lightly browned on outside but not cooked through, about 5 minutes.
Step 2: Add sauce to meatballs; cover and simmer 10-15 minutes.
Step 3: Fill large pot with water and bring to a boil; cook pasta according to package directions. Drain pasta.
Step 4: Place pasta back in pot and add 1/4 cup spaghetti sauce to pasta and gently mix together.
Step 5: Arrange a nest of pasta inside greased pie plate to form “crust” of pie.
Step 6: In medium-sized bowl, combine ricotta and Parmesan cheeses.
Step 7: Spread ricotta mixture in over noodles, leaving at least 1″ of noodles showing along the edge.
Step 8: Spread sauce and meatballs over ricotta, again leaving the noodles showing along the edge, and making sure meatballs are evenly spaced.
Step 9: Sprinkle top of pie with 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
This super easy 5 ingredient recipe is sure to be a new family favorite. Perfect for busy week nights.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Heat large saucepan over medium heat; add butter or olive oil & sauté frozen meatballs until lightly browned on outside but not cooked through, about 5 minutes.
Add sauce to meatballs; cover and simmer 10-15 minutes.
Fill large pot with water and bring to a boil; cook pasta according to package directions. Drain pasta.
Place pasta back in pot and add 1/4 cup spaghetti sauce to pasta and gently mix together.
Arrange a nest of pasta inside greased pie plate to form “crust” of pie.
In medium-sized bowl, combine ricotta and Parmesan cheeses.
Spread ricotta mixture in over pasta, leaving at least 1″ of pasta showing along the edge.
Spread sauce and meatballs over ricotta, again leaving the pasta showing along the edge, and making sure meatballs are evenly spaced.
Sprinkle top of pie with 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
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Any size jar of spaghetti sauce?
Thanks for sharing this wonderful sounding recipe!
Planning to make this tonight, but will need to use GF Spaghetti. Do you think this recipe could be made ahead of time & then baked later?
This sounds yummy...I'm pinning it so I can try it next week!! Thanks for sharing! :-)
I've never tried anything like this but does it ever sound DELICIOUS! We recently discovered that my daughter, who is anaphylactic to dairy, can now eat baked cheese and milk. This is definitely going on my list of things to make!
Thanks so much.
xoxo
My oldest son would LOVE this dish!! :)